I lit out from Reno,

I was trailed by twenty hounds

Didn't get to sleep that night

'Till the morning came around.

Set out runnin' but I take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight.

Ran into the devil, babe,

He loaned me twenty bills

I spent the night in Utah

In a cave up in the hills.

Set out runnin' but I take my time,

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight.

I ran down to the levee

But the devil caught me there

He took my twenty dollar bill

And vanished in the air.

Set out runnin' but I take my time

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight.

Got two reasons why I cry

Away each lonely night,

The first one's named Sweet Anne Marie,

And she's my hearts delight.

The second one is prison, baby,

The sheriff's on my trail,

And if he catches up with me,

I'll spend my life in jail.

Got a wife in Chino, babe,

And one in Cherokee

The first one says she's got my child,

But it don't look like me.

Set out runnin' but I take my time,

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine,

If I get home before daylight,

I just might get some sleep tonight.

Extra Verse

You can borrow from the devil

You can borrow from a friend

The devil'll loan ya twenty

But your friend got only ten